Strictly Come Dancing confirm JLS star JB Gill as second celebrity for 2024 series By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 12:20, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 12:28, 5 August 2024 e-mail View comments JB Gill is the second celebrity confirmed for the 2024 series of Strictly Come Dancing, revealing the news live on This Morning on Monday. Earlier in the show blind comedian Chris McCausland was confirmed as the first signing. JB follows in the footsteps of his bandmate Aston Merrygold who was eliminated in 10th place during the 2017 series.
The star also has history with Strictly, winning the Christmas Special of the BBC One dancing show back in 2012, performing the Jive with Ola Jordan. JB rose to fame as a member of one of the UK's biggest boybands – JLS, they have accumulated five number one singles, over 10 million record sales worldwide and have won a multitude of awards after forming on X Factor in 2008. JB Gill is the second celebrity confirmed for the 2024 series of Strictly Come Dancing, revealing the news live on This Morning on Monday JB is also an avid and award-winning farmer and was the lead presenter on CBeebies' BAFTA-nominated television series, Down On The Farm, Channel 5's On The farm series, plus contributions to the BBC 's Countryfile and Springwatch.
He has been a part of the presenting team for BBC Songs of Praise since 2017 and has his own TV show Cooking With The Gills on Channel 5. JB Gill says: 'I danced in the Strictly Christmas special over a deca.